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Nancy J. Wyshinski

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arXiv2019

Continued Fraction Proofs of $m$-versions of Some Identities of Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater Type

We derive two general transformations for certain basic hypergeometric series from the recurrence formulae for the partial numerators and denominators of two $q$-continued fractions previously investigated by the authors. By then specializing certain free parameters in these transformations, and employing various identities of Rogers-Ramanujan type, we derive \emph{$m$-versions} of these identities. Some of the identities thus found are new, and some have been derived previously by other authors, using different methods. By applying certain transformations due to Watson, Heine and Ramanujan, we derive still more examples of such $m$-versions of Rogers-Ramanujan-type identities.

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arXiv2019

A $q$-continued fraction

We use the method of generating functions to find the limit of a $q$-continued fraction, with 4 parameters, as a ratio of certain $q$-series. We then use this result to give new proofs of several known continued fraction identities, including Ramanujan's continued fraction expansions for $(q^2;q^3)_{\infty}/(q;q^3)_{\infty}$ and $(q;q^2)_\infty / (q^{3};q^{6})_\infty^3$. In addition, we give a new proof of the famous Rogers-Ramanujan identities. We also use our main result to derive two generalizations of another continued fraction due to Ramanujan.

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arXiv2018

Further Combinatorial Identities deriving from the $n$-th power of a $2 \times 2$ matrix

In this paper we use a formula for the $n$-th power of a $2\times2$ matrix $A$ (in terms of the entries in $A$) to derive various combinatorial identities. Three examples of our results follow. 1) We show that if $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $s \in \{0,1,2,\dots,$ $\lfloor (mn-1)/2 \rfloor \}$, then \begin{multline*} \sum_{i,j,k,t}2^{1+2t-mn+n} \frac{(-1)^{nk+i(n+1)}}{1+δ_{(m-1)/2,\,i+k}} \binom{m-1-i}{i} \binom{m-1-2i}{k}\times\\ \binom{n(m-1-2(i+k))}{2j}\binom{j}{t-n(i+k)} \binom{n-1-s+t}{s-t}\\ =\binom{mn-1-s}{s}. \end{multline*} 2) The generalized Fibonacci polynomial $f_{m}(x,s)$ can be expressed as \[ f_{m}(x,s)= \sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor (m-1)/2 \rfloor}\binom{m-k-1}{k}x^{m-2k-1}s^{k}. \] We prove that the following functional equation holds: \begin{equation*} f_{mn}(x,s)=f_{m}(x,s)\times f_{n}\left (\,f_{m+1}(x,s)+sf_{m-1}(x,s), \,-(-s)^{m}\right) . \end{equation*} 3) If an arithmetical function $f$ is multiplicative and for each prime $p$ there is a complex number $g(p)$ such that \begin{equation*} f(p^{n+1}) = f(p)f(p^{n})- g(p)f(p^{n-1}), \hspace{15pt} n \geq 1, \end{equation*} then $f$ is said to be \emph{specially multiplicative}. We give another derivation of the following formula for a specially multiplicative function $f$ evaluated at a prime power: \begin{equation*} f(p^{k})=\sum_{j=0}^{\lfloor k/2 \rfloor}(-1)^{j} \binom{k-j}{j}f(p)^{k-2j}g(p)^{j}. \end{equation*} We also prove various other combinatorial identities.

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arXiv2004

Real Numbers With Polynomial Continued Fraction Expansions

In this paper we show how to apply various techniques and theorems (including Pincherle's theorem, an extension of Euler's formula equating infinite series and continued fractions, an extension of the corresponding transformation that equates infinite products and continued fractions, extensions and contractions of continued fractions and the Bauer-Muir transformation) to derive infinite families of in-equivalent polynomial continued fractions in which each continued fraction has the same limit. This allows us, for example, to construct infinite families of polynomial continued fractions for famous constants like $π$ and $e$, $ζ{(k)}$ (for each positive integer $k\geq 2$), various special functions evaluated at integral arguments and various algebraic numbers. We also pose several questions about the nature of the set of real numbers which have a polynomial continued fraction expansion.

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arXiv2004

Ramanujan and Extensions and Contractions of Continued Fractions

If a continued fraction $K_{n=1}^{\infty} a_{n}/b_{n}$ is known to converge but its limit is not easy to determine, it may be easier to use an extension of $K_{n=1}^{\infty}a_{n}/b_{n}$ to find the limit. By an extension of $K_{n=1}^{\infty} a_{n}/b_{n}$ we mean a continued fraction $K_{n=1}^{\infty} c_{n}/d_{n}$ whose odd or even part is $K_{n=1}^{\infty} a_{n}/b_{n}$. One can then possibly find the limit in one of three ways: (i) Prove the extension converges and find its limit; (ii) Prove the extension converges and find the limit of the other contraction (for example, the odd part, if $K_{n=1}^{\infty}a_{n}/b_{n}$ is the even part); (ii) Find the limit of the other contraction and show that the odd and even parts of the extension tend to the same limit. We apply these ideas to derive new proofs of certain continued fraction identities of Ramanujan and to prove a generalization of an identity involving the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction, which was conjectured by Blecksmith and Brillhart.

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arXiv2004

Ramanujan and the Regular Continued Fraction Expansion of Real Numbers

In some recent papers, the authors considered regular continued fractions of the form \[ [a_{0};\underbrace{a,...,a}_{m}, \underbrace{a^{2},...,a^{2}}_{m}, \underbrace{a^{3},...,a^{3}}_{m}, ... ], \] where $a_{0} \geq 0$, $a \geq 2$ and $m \geq 1$ are integers. The limits of such continued fractions, for general $a$ and in the cases $m=1$ and $m=2$, were given as ratios of certain infinite series. However, these formulae can be derived from known facts about two continued fractions of Ramanujan. Motivated by these observations, we give alternative proofs of the results of the previous authors for the cases $m=1$ and $m=2$ and also use known results about other $q$-continued fractions investigated by Ramanujan to derive the limits of other infinite families of regular continued fractions.

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